Shapiro J P
University of Michigan, USA.
J Pers Assess. 1979 Feb;43(1):33-8. doi: 10.1207/s15327752jpa4301_4.
Cue effects on TAT imagery, often considered evidence of fear of success, were examined. The cue generally used to assess this motive (Horner, 1968) was modified to depict success in an occupation traditionally considered appropriate for females (ballet). This new cue and Horner's original "medical student"cue produced very different results in fear of success imagery, the modified cue eliciting significantly less of this imagery from females and more from males. A substantial portion of what has been interpreted as "fear of success" imagery appears to involve anxiety about engaging in achievement activities that have traditionally been considered inappropriate to one's sex-role. The implications of this finding for female achievement conflict are discussed.
对常被视为害怕成功证据的主题统觉测验（TAT）意象的线索效应进行了研究。通常用于评估这种动机的线索（霍纳，1968）被修改，以描绘在传统上被认为适合女性的职业（芭蕾舞）中的成功。这个新线索和霍纳最初的“医科学生”线索在害怕成功意象方面产生了非常不同的结果，修改后的线索从女性那里引出的这种意象明显更少，而从男性那里引出的更多。很大一部分被解释为“害怕成功”的意象似乎涉及对参与传统上被认为不符合自己性别角色的成就活动的焦虑。讨论了这一发现对女性成就冲突的影响。
